The defamation battle between Western Australia's treasurer Troy Buswell and his former lover, MP Adele Carles is set to continue through the state election campaign after Mr Buswell's legal team rejected a settlement offer.

Tourist, 21, plunges to his death from a hotel balcony in Phuket. Sebastian Faulkner reportedly sought medical assistance for mental health treatment from Patong hospital, but "left without anyone noticing".

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Snapchat has been exposing users' email addresses since at least mid-December. It comes as experts find a way to store content sent using it that is meant to self-destruct after a set period of time.